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All The Best Red-Carpet Looks From Venice Film Festival 2024

Straight from the Lido to your screen.

by Kevin LeBlanc
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It’s back-to-school season for actors, which, for them, means a return to the glam chair and red carpet — and for us, glamorous pictures to scroll through. The 81st Venice Film Festival is officially underway in the still-floating Italian city for a week of film, fashion, and standing ovations.

A few premieres of note: Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s first full-length movie in English, The Room Next Door, starring mothers of the silver screen Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, plus Luca Guadagnino’s steamy adaptation of Timothy Burrough’s landmark book Queer starring Loewe daddy Daniel Craig and internet boyfriend Drew Starkey. Finally, we’d be remiss not to mention the much-anticipated Joker sequel Folie à Deux featuring Lady Gaga alongside Joaquin Phoenix, who’s reprising his Oscar-winning role.

With so much star power comes high-wattage looks to match, and Venice has proven itself to be fertile soil for experimentation — who could forget Zendaya’s custom Balmain second-skin dress, Gaga’s main-character moment in feathered bubblegum-pink Valentino, or Taylor Russell’s Venice debut in Kelly green Balenciaga Couture? Keep scrolling to see the best looks so far, and check back during the week for every dress you won’t want to miss.

Jenna Ortega

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In Dior Haute Couture.

Winona Ryder

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Taylor Russell

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In Chanel haute couture spring 1993.

Cate Blanchett

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In Armani Privé and Louis Vuitton jewelry.

Monica Bellucci

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Isabelle Huppert

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In Balenciaga Couture.

Catherine O’Hara

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Sigourney Weaver

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In Chanel.

Cate Blanchett

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In Armani Privé.

HoYeon Jung

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In custom Louis Vuitton.

Angelina Jolie

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In custom Tamara Ralph.

Taylor Russell

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In custom Loewe.

Úrsula Corberó

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In Bottega Veneta and Cartier jewelry.

Nicole Kidman

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In Schiaparelli Haute Couture.

Harris Dickinson

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In custom Prada.

Emily Ratajkowski

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In Gucci fall/winter 2004.

Sophie Wilde

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In custom Loewe and Cartier jewelry.

Julianne Moore

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In custom Bottega Veneta.

Tilda Swinton

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In Chanel Haute Couture.

Pedro Almodóvar

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In Loewe.

Taylor Russell

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In custom Alaïa and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.

Hoyeon Jung

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In custom Louis Vuitton.

Cate Blanchett

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In custom Louis Vuitton.

Amal Clooney

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In Atelier Versace.

Taylor Russell

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In custom Loewe.

Omar Apollo

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In Loewe.

Rachel Weisz & Daniel Craig

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Craig in Loewe.

Drew Starkey

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In custom Loewe.

Iris Law

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In Burberry.

Lady Gaga

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In Christian Dior Haute Couture, Tiffany & Co. jewelry, and Philip Treacy hat.

Alia Shawkat

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In custom Miu Miu and Cartier jewelry.

Sienna Miller

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